Converge

I see a young me in you
So wide eyed and confused
Anger glows in your heart
igniting that very spark

Consuming me, protecting you
Consuming me, protecting you

We must slip this noose
We must slip this noose 

A burning open book
ashes before we look
The story of my life  
suppress to survive

Consuming me, protecting you
Consuming me, protecting you

We must slip this noose
We must slip this noose 

Ah

Slip the noose
Slip the noose

Slip the noose
Slip the noose

I feel the sunlight retreat
It does not want me to see
what my introspection brings
as the words leak out of me

Everything's a shade of red
from the mirror to my hands
Staining everything I touch
as I reach for what is loved

Smearing fleeting memories
spattering those I can't see
Pieces of what used to be
pooling around my two feet

No one has the right to judge me
as I pick at open wounds
Some cuts are deeper than lifetimes
Roots that kill must be removed

I feel the sunlight retreat
It does not want me to see
what my introspection brings
as the words leak out of me

Everything's a shade of red
from the mirror to my hands
Staining everything I touch
as I reach for what is loved

Smearing fleeting memories
spattering those I can't see
Pieces of what used to be
pooling around my two feet

No one has the right to judge me
as I pick at open wounds
Some cuts are deeper than lifetimes
Roots that kill must be removed

Doom in bloom
Doom in bloom

Doom in bloom
Doom in bloom

Doom in bloom

Rising waters
drowning me
Slitting my throat
Writhing, as blood flows into the sea
One lesson I've learned
This world's indifferent to me
To me...

Rising waters
drowning me
Slitting my throat
Writhing, as blood flows into the sea
One lesson I've learned
This world's indifferent to me
To me...

This I can no longer endure...

It only gets worse
It only gets worse

It only gets worse, it only gets worse
It only gets worse, it only gets worse
It only gets worse, it only gets worse

There is nothing to win
if there's no one to lose
The scars we leave are not
our paths we choose 

And it's all on the line
for the weary and wise
Everything earned
came with a cost
We will never know
how much blood was lost

There is nothing to win
if there's no one to lose
The scars we leave are not
our paths we choose 

And it's all on the line
for the weary and wise
Everything earned
came with a cost
We will never know
how much blood was lost

There is something that I must admit
Giving up is starting to make sense
When all of this passion withers away
only the beaten and broken will stay 

Sometimes the agony is just too much
I do not want to hurt
I never thought that I would be too late
Don't be blown apart by your mistakes

Don't be blown apart by your mistakes

Just one more thing before I forget
I found a way to disarm from within
When standing eye to eye with your darkness
plunge the blade of spite into its chest

Reach into the wound for innocence
Remove the resent
Make amends before it grows too late
Don't be blown apart by your mistakes

Don't be blown apart by your mistakes
Don't be blown apart by your mistakes

Detonator
Detonator

Don't be blown apart by your mistakes

Detonator
Detonator

Don't be blown apart by mistakes

I want to be, the better me  
That you deserve, to finally see  
The dullest blade sharpens the truth  
That every day, I'm losing you

I want to be, the better me  
That you deserve, to finally see  
The dullest blade sharpens the truth  
That every day, I'm losing you

There's no easy way to say  
There's nothing left to save  
There's no easy way to say  
I've destroyed everything  

Please, just don't let me go  
Please, just don't give up hope  

I want to be the better me  
That you deserve to finally see  
The dullest blade sharpens the truth  
That every day, I'm losing you  

I want to be the better me  
That you deserve to finally see  
The dullest blade, sharpens the truth  
That every day, I'm losing you  

There's no easy way to say  
There's nothing left to save  
There's no easy way to say  
I've destroyed everything  

There's no easy way to say  
There's nothing left to save  
There's no easy way to say  
I've destroyed everything  

Please, just don't let me go  
Please, just don't give up hope  
Please, just don't let me go  
Please, just don't give up hope  
Please, just don't let me go  
Please, just don't give up hope  
Please, just don't let me go  
Please, just don't give up hope  

I'm so timid to us  
Flinch at the slightest touch  
Resistant to pure love
How deep dysfunction cuts  
How far can violence reach  
To find the missing key  
Living in fear of
Vulnerability  

I'm so timid to us  
Flinch at the slightest touch  
Resistant to pure love
How deep dysfunction cuts  
How far can violence reach  
To find the missing key  
Living in fear of
Vulnerability  

Please, just don't let me go  
Please, just don't give up hope

It's not up to us
this pace we must run
It's not up to us
this pace we must run

In the middle
of the line
I look left then
to the right

It's not up to us
this pace we must run
It's not up to us
this pace we must run

To never be
quite good enough
To never be
quite good enough

it's not up to us
this pace we must run
it's not up to us
this pace we must run

To never be
quite good enough
To never be
quite good enough

Ah

In the middle
of the line
I look left then
to the right

It's not up to us
this pace we must run
It's not up to us
this pace we must run

To never be
quite good enough
To never be
quite good enough

There is no end in sight
without the will to fight

When I was just a boy
I so wanted to be loved
when I thought held your hand
I know now it was a gun

It was empty from the start
but a threat to make them run
A veil of protection
though we needed none

Paint with debris
Die in the dream

Dream debris, dream debris

When I grew into a teen
I wouldn't dare to speak
Unable to understand
I was not meant to be

And as I've become a man
the burden I do not need
I stand before you all
a self portrait in debris

Paint with debris
Die in the dream

Dream debris, dream debris

We were deceived
when led to believe
we could be anything
we wanted to be

We were deceived
when led to believe
we could be anything
we wanted to be

Dream debris, dream debris
Dream debris, dream debris

Running uphill
swimming upstream
Choosing this life
I refused to concede
I never knew what
it meant to be free
I'm not the man
I wanted to be

Soul searching leaves
a murder scene
with evidence
of such catastrophe
Mirrors reflect what
the world doesn't see
I'm not the man
I wanted to be 

We are so cruel when old gives way to new
...when old gives way to new
We are so cruel when old gives way to new
...when old gives way to new

I know this one hurts
I know this one hurts

We are so cruel when old gives way to new
...when old gives way to new
We are so cruel when old gives way to new
...when old gives way to new

I know this one hurts
I know this one hurts
I know this one hurts

I'm not the man
I wanted to be

Get up now, nothing's over
We must run deep into the night
Wake up now, do not cower
They have come for the glow inside 

You must know, nothing's over
No time left, we are in their sight
March headlong, take no cover
We must rage for the dying light 

Spirit will bend
Love retreats
Soul gives in
Heart depletes

Get up now, nothing's over
We must run deep into the night
Wake up now, do not cower
They have come, for the glow inside 

You must know, nothing's over
No time left, we are in their sight
March headlong, take no cover
We must rage for the dying light 

Bureaucracy, aims to cull and incite
Theocracy, seeks to enslave the mind
Technology, it's deceiving our eyes
Autonomy, is the fight for our lives

Spirit will bend
Love retreats
Soul gives in
Heart depletes

Get up now, nothing's over
We must run deep into the night
Wake up now, do not cower
They have come for the glow inside 

You must know, nothing's over
No time left, we are in their sight
March headlong, take no cover
We must rage for the dying light